Founder Member and Director
Dr. Alka Palrecha, founder member and director, leads the thematic area of "Restructuring Human Interventions for Ecological Balance". She coordinates projects related to natural resource management, water management, wastewater use, rainwater harvesting, coastal salinity, and environmental planning.
Founder Member and Director
Vivek Rawal, founder member and director, leads the thematic area of "Reinforcing People's Capacities to Reduce Disaster Risks" and "Reclaiming Urban Space for the People". He coordinates projects related to post disaster needs assessment, reconstruction and recovery, social housing, sustainable building technologies, participatory community planning and design.
Program Director
Dr. Jesim Pais, senior economist, leads and coordinates "Advance Certificate Programme on Research in Political Economy". This 10-month long program in collaborations with IDEAs network is conducted in-person for Indian students and on-line for International students.
Associate
Juhi Desai, an urban designer, supports various projects in her role as Associate. Also admitted to graduate degree program at University of California, Berkeley.
Office Manager
Rajendra Makwana manages the PiC office. He is incharge of the office administration, logistics and accounts.
Former Director
After 14 years as the Director, Rushank Mehta moved on to explore new paths.
Awarded prestigious Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (two-year program) at IIM Bangalore.
Went on to pursue the graduate program at University of California, Los Angeles.
Went on to pursue graduate studies at Wageningen University, Netherlands.
Went on to work with UNICEF, India.
Went on to pursue graduate program at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Joined one-year fellowship program at IIHS, Bangalore.
Went on to pursue organic farming at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Moved on to pursue PGP program at IIM Udaipur.
Formerly Known As Ravi Singh Bajwa
Currently teaching at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
Joined as Junior Town Planner at Town Planning and Valuation Department, Government of Gujarat.
Former member of the People in Centre team.
Former member of the People in Centre team.
Went on to pursue master degree at NID, Ahmedabad specialising in design with Glass and ceramic.
Went on to pursue master degree at University of Sheffield, UK.
Has now set up his architecture practice (juiceshopcollective.com) in Bangalore.
Working with Dustudio, Auroville.
Joined IIHS, Bangalore.
Setup his own architecture practice at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Went on to become a full-time film maker. Follow the work on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/user5310693